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"Spencer A. Leineweber" <[log in to unmask]>
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The "hissen at the silence" listserv ....
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Sun, 20 Oct 2002 11:11:44 -1000
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John:

There are lots of great examples of lanai on historic buildings. I will
send you back channel a jpg of probably the first one, a c1835 meeting
hall and a great residence from the 1930s.

A lanai is a covered space with open sides usually attached to a house
or building. It is used interchangeably here for porch, [actually no
one says porch] but to spell it correctly in Hawaiian it needs a
horizontal mark over the first "a".  The Hawaiian root word is "la"
meaning sun. You can throw away that Latin dictionary.

Spencer

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